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The Adventure Stache

Chris Burkard on the Tour Divide and moving to Iceland

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

Outdoors, Interviews, Society & Culture, Current Events, Culture, Photography, Adventure, Mountain Biking, Celebrities, Inspirational, Basketball, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneur, Cycling, Athletes, Sports

4.9727 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week, photographer and adventurer Chris Burkard returns to the show to talk about moving to Iceland and his experience racing the Tour Divide this summer. Having spent the last decade exploring and documenting Iceland, Chris finally made the big move with his family. He tells Payson about why he decided the time was right, what it’s been like as a parent to watch his sons assimilate so quickly into the community, and how the current seismic activity has made him ponder the morality of do...

Transcript

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0:00.0

I remember writing up over the first pass and writing up over the second pass and writing through

0:04.1

the night, the first night and the second night.

0:05.9

And the whole time I was just, I'm saying prayers.

0:08.8

I'm screaming at the top of my lungs.

0:10.8

I'm listening to green lights by freaking whatever the actor's name is, that book, right?

0:15.8

It's like my audio book I had on.

0:17.9

I'm like, not to McConaughey.

0:19.1

I'm like just screaming out these like weird euphemisms

0:22.4

that he said. And you get to this point where you're near the border of Montana. And they

0:28.2

call it like Bear Alley, where the trees are pushing on you. And that's the zone where they're like,

0:33.8

just be aware there's there's bear sightings here all the time.

0:37.9

And riding through those areas early in the morning and late into the evening,

0:42.5

that area freaked me out.

0:45.0

It's showtime, everybody.

0:47.1

Showtime!

0:49.7

You've been living in a dream world, Neil.

0:53.4

This is the world as it exists today.

0:58.4

Life moves pretty fast.

1:00.7

You don't stop and look around once in a while.

1:03.3

You could miss it.

1:06.4

Listen, we're talking about practice.

1:09.6

Repeat on the dude's room.

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